🌸 Premium Catmint (Nepeta × faassenii)

A beautiful flowering perennial that both your garden and your cat can enjoy!

Our Premium Faassen's Catmint plants are supplied as healthy, established plants in generous 20cm pots—not tiny seedlings—so they're ready to plant straight into your garden or display in a decorative pot.

Unlike traditional Catnip, Faassen's Catmint is primarily grown for its stunning display of lavender-purple flowers and its hardy, low-maintenance nature. During spring and through the warmer months, it produces masses of vibrant blooms that create a beautiful splash of colour while attracting bees, butterflies and other beneficial pollinators to your garden.

Many cats also enjoy rubbing against and sniffing the fragrant foliage thanks to its natural nepetalactone content, although the effect is generally gentler than traditional Catnip.

🌸 Beautiful Spring Flowers

One of the biggest reasons gardeners love Faassen's Catmint is its spectacular flowering display.

From spring onwards, the plant becomes covered in soft lavender-purple flower spikes, providing months of colour while attracting bees, butterflies and other important pollinators.

Perfect for:

✔ Cottage gardens

✔ Bee & butterfly gardens

✔ Outdoor cat enclosures

✔ Pots & containers

✔ Garden borders

🌿 Catmint vs Catnip

Although they belong to the same Nepeta family, they each have different strengths.

🌿 Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

✔ Stronger reaction for many cats

✔ Excellent for enrichment and play

✔ White flowers

✔ Primarily grown for feline enjoyment

🌸 Faassen's Catmint (Nepeta × faassenii)

✔ Gentler attraction for many cats

✔ Beautiful lavender-purple flowers

✔ Flowers from spring through the warmer months

✔ Attracts bees, butterflies and other beneficial pollinators

✔ Hardy perennial

✔ Sterile hybrid that won't self-seed throughout your garden

Many cat lovers choose to grow both—Catnip for feline enrichment and Catmint for a stunning flowering display that the whole family can enjoy.

❤️ Why You'll Love It

✔ Healthy established 20cm plant

✔ Produces masses of lavender-purple flowers

✔ Flowers from spring through the warmer months

✔ Attracts bees, butterflies and beneficial pollinators

✔ Hardy perennial

✔ Low maintenance

✔ Drought tolerant once established

✔ Great for pots and garden beds

✔ Perfect for outdoor cat enclosures

✔ Grown with care in Queensland

🌱 Growing Information

Botanical Name: Nepeta × faassenii

Common Name: Faassen's Catmint

Pot Size: 20cm nursery pot

Plant Type: Hardy perennial

Position: Full sun to part shade (flowers best in full sun)

Water: Water regularly while establishing. Once established, Catmint is drought tolerant and requires only occasional watering.

Soil: Prefers well-drained soil but adapts to most garden conditions.

Height: Approximately 30–60cm

Spread: Approximately 60–90cm

Flowers: Soft lavender-purple flower spikes from spring through the warmer months.

Maintenance: Trim back after flowering to encourage fresh growth and repeat flowering. A light prune in late winter helps keep plants compact and healthy.

Pet Friendly: Safe to grow around cats. Many cats enjoy rubbing against or sniffing the foliage, although the effect is generally milder than traditional Catnip.

🌼 Perfect For

✔ Outdoor cat enclosures

✔ Cottage gardens

✔ Bee & butterfly gardens

✔ Pollinator-friendly gardens

✔ Pots & patio containers

✔ Garden borders

✔ Rock gardens

✔ Low-maintenance landscapes

📦 What You'll Receive

✔ One healthy, established Faassen's Catmint (Nepeta × faassenii)

✔ Supplied in a 20cm nursery pot

✔ Ready to plant into your garden or decorative pot

🇦🇺 Proudly Grown in Queensland

Every Catmint plant is lovingly grown and cared for before leaving our nursery, ensuring you receive a healthy, established plant that's ready to thrive in its new home.